Lock for gates



Sept. 26, 1944. c, DRAY 2,358,914

LOOK FOR GATES Filed April 16, 1943 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENT OR.

Y Char/es R.Dray I0 V QM ATTORNEY.

P C.R.DRAY

LOCK FOR GATES Filed April 16, 1943 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 ATTORNEY.

Patented Sept. 26, 1944 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOOK FOR GATES.

Charles R. Dray, Rochester, N. Y. Application April 1.6, 1943, Serial No. 483,290

6 Claims.

The object of this invention is to provide a new improved means for locking the end of one gate to the post or looking the ends of two gates together.

Another object of the invention is to lock the gate or gates with a bolt which bolt in turn can be locked in place in the lock with a padlock at one end or with a padlock at each end of the bolt.

Another object of the invention is to provide locking members on separate mounts which can be brought together for the purpose of locking them together and holding them together by a sliding bolt.

These and other objects of the invention will be illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification and pointed out in the claims at the end thereof.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the lock stile of two gates partly broken away showing the members of the lock mounted thereon and in locked position.

Figure 2 is a sectional view of Figure 1, the section being taken on the line 2:c-2a: of Figure 1, the chain being omitted.

Figure 3 is a vertical section on the line 3x--3.r of Figure 2, the chain being omitted.

Figure 4 is a detail view of a locking bolt showing a padlock at each end of the bolt.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of a modified form of my locking device showing the locking members on the stiles of the gates made in the form of castings.

Figure 6 is a top plan view of a modified form of the part 2| which modification can also be applied to the part 22.

Figure 7 is a diagrammatic view of my locking device applied to a single sliding gate.

Figure 8 is a diagrammatic view of a double sliding gate.

Figure 9 shows a modified form of one of the locking members of Figure 5, namely, partly mutilated so that it can be used on a swinging gate swinging against a fixed post or on a swinging gate swinging against the stile of a fixed ate.

In the drawings cate like parts.

In the drawings reference numerals l and 2 indicate the lock stiles on a pair of hinged or swinging gates or on a pair of sliding gates or on a pair of gates in which one is hinged and the other is sliding.

Reference numeral like reference numerals indi- 3 indicates the male or middle member of the lock and reference mrmerals 4 and 5 represent the outside or top and bottom members of the female: member or: the lock. The member 3 is a box-like structure formed of four separate plates. 3a and 31) being the side members and 3c and 3d being the top and bottom members. These four members are formed of sheet steel or any other suitable metal and are welded together so as to form a hollow box-like structure.

The members 3a and 3b are welded to the lock-. stile 2 of the gate and the members Sc'and 311 can also be welded to the lock stile of the gate. The horizontal members 30 and 3d are each perforated with a slot indicated at 3e.

Fastened to the lock stile I are the two plates 4 and 5 which plates stand horizontally at right angles thereto and are welded to the stile.'} These rplates each have an opening preferably. rectangular therein indicated at 4a and 5a. The plates 4 and 5 stand in parallel relation to the plates 30 and 3d when the gate is closed or the gates are closed and the holes 4a and 5a are located so that they will stand in line with the holes 36 of the middle member when the gate or gates are closed. It will also be seen from an inspection of Figures 1 and 3 that the members 4 and 5 are spaced apart much further than the. height or the up and down dimension of the, male member shown in Figure 3. This is to give ample clearance between the male and female members so that the parts can come properly to-, gether regardless of expansion or contraction due to heat or cold or regardless of the settling oi the gates or regardless of wear and tear.

When the gates are brought together the partsand the holes therein will be in alignment as shown in Figures 1 and 3 and then the locking bolt can be passed through the openings in the male and female members.

This locking bolt is indicated by the reference, numeral 8 and is preferably fastened to one of, the gates by a chain 1 although this chain can be omitted. A rod 8 is preferably welded in the top of the bolt 6 and forms a cross bar which limits the downward movement of it. This cross bar rests on the plate 4 when the bolt is in look-- ing position so that the bolt can not be pulled down through the female and male members of the lock. The bottom of the bolt 6 is perforated as indicated at 9 to receive the keeper of a padlock ill by which the bolt is permanently locked in place so that the gates will be kept closed.v

The plates 3a and 3b are flared outwardly at..-

the end as indicated at 3m and 8n. It is necessary to move both gates at the same time in closing the gates so that the lock stile I will engage between the flared ends 3m and Ba of the male members to and 8b and as the gates are swung into line with each other the lock stile I with its plates I and 5 moves into the position shown in Figures 2 and 3. This brings the holes 3e1hto:

line with the holes a and to so that the bolt I will easily pass through all the holes. It will also be understood that the lock stile I makes a rather close fitbetween the members 3a and 3b when the gates are closed.

In Figure 4 I have shown a locking member I! in which the chain is omitted at the top and which member is perforated with a hole at the top and bottom. In this case padlocks l3. and H are used at the top and bottom respectively. The upper padlock l3 keeps the bolt from being pulled down through the lock and the lower pad loci; l4 preven the-bolt from being pulled up nijough the 16c Thesepadlodks will be differentf that the key that unlocks the one will not fir'iloli the finer and"th'is is 'desirable'so that the'lih rfiadl k ean be unlocked I V eras thefire department or ah other selected d -s fi 'a iip an eibth i? f n'f s fi s d lij soiiiorieof the factory origa iiiz atio'n.

'ifi' ifigfii'b I h'ave'shown the tw'of znembers of thloclf 2i" and 12 which are eguivalent'to the female and male members shown inf igures l; "3. In this case however, 'themeinbers 2i are each sites "a separate piece as a shift! castihgfinefiriei be 21; h s a sleeve fiii theiein whicgfihaig s a sliding fit wa the lock Stile I e f s'i stfir n nd h We? intle veHa teraswhi h m s si .fi 'w i t r: sat rf l asts iif'is" 1l;i c,ft i Each of'i'fhese membersi sna s 6r mashed i f my othefsuitable inanrie fr to the'stfle or Plost s 'Y 'iibfift-f i" liofor in can be slidup and' down and games with m ssing flanges through which I "wit ha s an x ng y. hig t, c iijb i inped; on itsstile at any desired elevation thus in "ior' iii s m i is? messes: by n conditions; On themember it are m eg t e {we tongues 2th and m corre 2" tn-t smesiters 4 ngiFlgiire r a tes-se r n *ispfofideftgg some iijrjr iiioad mes its placed in line with a'chjothe'r when e Figure 2 or Figure 5 so that the locking member comes in line with the travel of the gate.

In Figure 8 I have shown two sliding gates each of which travel parallel to the fence. These gates come together at the middle and use the locking devices shown in Figures 1. 2 and 3 or s in Figure 5. The gates may not nec s i :ibe of equal length and each gate can befiopped in some suitable manner so that it cannot travel beyond its locked position.

In Figure 9 I have shown a diagrammatic view of a swinging gate in which the female locking member shown in Figures 2 and 5 is mutilated by having one of the extensions 8a or so in Figure 2 or one of the extensions 220 or 22d shown in Figure 5 omitted therefrom so that the gates may swing to closed position and be positively stopped in that position against a stationary post or against the stile of another gatewhich gate can be fastened independently in closed position in any suitable manner.

In such case the position of the male member and the female member of the locic'can hers versed or alternated so that either gate can be opened independntly.

it will also be understood from an inspection of several figures of the drawings that the up right members that carry the male and female membersof the lock are suitably spaced apart when the gate or gates are closed and the user: ator can put his hand through between the-lipriglit members and reach the lock td'unloclrHt from either side of the gate. I

f claim:

1. In a lock for double gates said, gates being 7 the combination of a locic stile on each'of 't wogates the said 'st'iles being suitably spaceda pa'rt'wli'en the gates are in closed position, a'ferna'ie nieni ber having two horizontal p late s fastenedf on the stile of one gate, a' male member liavin g two horizontal plates 'fasterred on the stile the other gate, the horizontal plates" of the"'hjiale member substantially spanning the "operiiiig between the two gates and extending between the two horizontal blates of the'reIhs-Ie senses and extending toward tfh'eot e; sesam mime member having twou i ht pates encicsihgftge horizontal plates :I'iidbititlidlltifljfirfd tli fiq iontalfiipliites of the-"rnei nbeif, and wa ada ted to embrace the stile ofti'ie otl' j gatsss tifil l .L a. Jili 2. In a'lock fordouble gates said gates bein placed in line with eachothef wfflehcibseci fiifg combination of a loclr stile on eaj li ofjtbfd g at e sl e i ua lv was a s i e the gates are in cl'dsed'positipiif a' fenfiille his ber having two horiaontall plates. faiitieiie tlfEi'i the stile of one" a te, a male Irfen fierjia ni twp qri q t P s siseedf fi h ti if. other "gate, the horizontal plates o fft l? 1e"*in le member substantially spanning the operas ttvenf the twogates andhxtentii bases the he assas in plates or the fblfihfi i nd t g ra hga fs s i f niis fi hi gether, means for locking the locking bolt in place in the male and female members.

3. In a lock for double gates the combination of a lock stile on each of two gates said stiles being suitably spaced apart when the gates are in closed position, a female member having two horizontal plates fastened on the stile of one gate, a male member having two horizontal plates fastened On the stile of the other gate, the horizontal plates of the male member substantially spanning the opening between the two gates and extending between the two horizontal plates of the female member, the male member having two parallel plates standing in an upright position, the ends of said plates extending beyond the lock stile of the other gate and engaging said last named lock stile between them when the gates are in closed position.

4. In a lock for double gates the combination of a lock stile on each of two gates said stiles being suitably spaced apart when the gates are in closed position, a female member having two horizontal plates fastened on the stile of one gate, a male member having two horizontal plates fastened on the stile of the other gate, the horizontal plates of the male member substantially spanning the opening between the two gates and extending between the two horizontal plates of the female member, the male member having two parallel plates standing in an upright position, the ends of said plates extending beyond the lock stile of the other gate and engaging said last named lock stile between them when the gates are in closed position, the ends of said plates flaring outwardly and extending beyond the last named lock stile.

5. In a lock for a gate the combination of an upright supporting member, a female locking member supported thereon, an upright supporting member adjacent thereto, a male locking member supported thereon, the male looking member having two horizontal plates and two vertical plates formed in a box-like structure, the female member having two horizontal plates, all four of said horizontal plates having vertical holes therein, a locking bolt adapted to pass through the holes in the four horizontal plates and lock the male and female members together said upright supporting members being suitably spaced apart with a substantial opening between them when the male and female members of the lock are brought together, the male member spanning the opening between the two upright supporting members and stopping short of the other supporting member, said parts being so arranged that the lock is accessible from either side of the gate through the opening between the upright members.

6. In a lock for a gate the combination of an upright supporting member, a female locking member supported thereon, an upright supporting member adjacent thereto, a male locking member supported thereon, the male looking member having two horizontal plates and two vertical plates formed in a box-like structure, the female member having two horizontal plates, all four of said horizontal plates having vertical holes therein, a locking bolt adapted to pass through the holes in the four horizontal plates and lock the male and female members together, the male member having upright outwardly flaring extensions there-on adapted to engage both sides of the supporting member of the female member.

CHARLES R. DRAY. 

